We don't need no stinkin' economists

12/13/12 10:56 AM EST

In the three weeks following the 2012 election, only 22 economists appeared across the six major news networks to discuss the looming fiscal cliff; the remaining 481 guests were primarily journalists or politicians, according to a new survey from the liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America.

Economists accounted for 6.3 percent of guest appearances on CNN, 3.1 percent on Fox News, and 7.3 percent on MSNBC. No economists appeared on ABC, CBS and NBC.